The Soul of A New Machine

RENATO H. CALAGO August 19, 2008

Executive Summary

1. Statement of the Purpose

Data General Headed by Tom West at Westborough, Massachusetts, USA

collaborated a Team of enthusiastic Engineers to work on their own supermini, which
had it nicknamed “EAGLE”. The team aimed to complete the machine in a year
expecting to the second billion and that would rise Data General in the fortune 500.

2. Statement of the Problem

In completing their EAGLE, at the time scheduled, the team have to struggle for
the resources to build it. Resources meant, among other things, the active cooperation
of such so-called support groups as software. The leaders should persuade the support
groups that their idea would get out in the door and be realized.

3. Alternative Courses of Action

•Sustain the tacit motivation by the team leaders as being done in signing up, since it
would boast and inspire them to work hard for the accomplishment of the eagle.
•Provide a more realistic outline for the new recruits.
•Install to them the basic rationale of their projects and how it affects their lives and to
the company itself.
•Acquire necessary equipment and physical resources needed for the completing and
realization of the EAGLE project.
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4. Methods of Analysis
The methods of analysis used are SWOT Analysis and the Porter’s Five model
of Industry’s attractiveness

5. Recommendation

I recommend the the company should continue exert all of their best effort to
motivate their team so that work to be done will be realize. They should formulate as
much as possible positive insight for the team because it is very essential as the best
tool in encouraging their team.

6. Business Policies

The company has provide essential information to their employees/staff about the
ongoing projects. They played in team with respective leaders and different jobs to
perform. Some employee feel that they were being trusted on the projects since they
handle important part in the operation. Labor is no longer coerced. Labor is volunteered.
METHOD OF ANALYSIS
Strength Weaknesses
•Responsible leader •The project was in a
assist their employees rush.
•Information were •Support groups
disclose needed were limited
•motivation among the •backing out on the
employees were project by the
effective employees were high
•guidelines were outline
•labor is volunteered
•necessary outfit was
not regulated.
Opportunities •Having a responsible •Since project is in a bit
and availability of rush, they should
• Completion of the information is a very continue to sustain
EAGLE project would important to take their advantage even
boast popularity of advantage to get in any shift of planes
the company and through the aim as the completion of
capability of the posted. the projects gets close.
machine would take
a huge market in the
industry
Threats • Having good
strengths and
•Backing out manageable
employees would threats would not • Any threats
influence the other in insure the team presented would
the inside. that any be an essential
•Any delays in any contigency elements to look
section of the problem would be into so that the
company would solved, any company would
prejudice the whole unplaced formulate any
project. misfortune would points to avoid
•The team would be avoided. It is certain decisions.
depress if the desired very significant to
time schedule if not build advantage
attain. from the strengths
that the company
•Extreme Schedule
have.
management by the
team members may
discomfort their

PORTERS FIVE FORCES FIVE MODEL OF INDUSTRY ATTRACTIVENESS

THE THREAT OF NEW ENTRANTS INTO THE INDUSTRY

 New entrants in the industry would be a problem to the Data General since it
would prejudice their plans and the effectivety of the project. However, any new entrants
would create no much harm to the project.

THE BARGAINING POWER OF THE CUSTOMERS

Consumers have all the rights to select the best product they dream to have.
They have the power to influence producer of the products. In this project all the
necessary elements that the customer would like the product is very high since combine
knowledge were put in one.

THE BARGAINING POWER OF THE SUPPLIERS

Suppliers would be an important factors that affect the Project into reality
because without the suppliers to supply their equipment the project would not be
complete. Even so, the bargaining power of the suppliers would not in effect include as a
problem for the company

THE INTENSITY OF THE RIVALRY AMONG FIRMS WITHIN THE INDUSTRY

In this computer industry competing firms constantly presented their market new
product to bargain for the general public. IBM, DELL, and other firms in its industry
continue their research and development since it would boast their firms asset as a
result of their research. In this case, intensity in the rivalry among firms in the industry is
very close. They have to figure out how they position their products in the market
because it serves as an invisible hand that help them capture valued customers.

THE POTENTIAL FOR SUBSTITUTE PRODUCTS OR SERVICES

Substitute products are always been the threat in every industry. In this computer
industry, substitute products is always been the threats since new products would come
out every now and then which sometimes makes your own products on its
obsolescence.